2 Kings 3:15
3:15 But now, get me a musician.” 1 When the musician played, the Lord energized him, 2
2 Kings 17:40
17:40 But they 3 pay no attention; instead they observe their earlier practices.
1 tn The term used refers to one who plays a stringed instrument, perhaps a harp.
2 tn Heb “the hand of the Lord came on him.” This may refer to what typically happened, “[for] when a musician played, the hand of the Lord would come upon him.”
3 sn This refers to the foreigners whom the king of Assyria settled in the land (see v. 35a).